Roy Bhaskar

Roy Bhaskar (born May 15, 1944 in London , † November 19, 2014 in Leeds ) was a British philosopher and science theorist . He became known as the founder and representative of Critical Realism .

academic career

Roy Bhaskar was born in 1944 in London to an Indian doctor and a British nurse.

From 1963 to 1966, Bhaskar studied philosophy, political science and economics at Balliol College, Oxford . He then began a doctoral thesis on the relevance of economic theory for developing countries, but eventually turned to the theory of science.

Bhaskar has taught at several international universities, including universities in Edinburgh , Oxford , Sussex and City University London . Most recently, he worked at the Institute of Education at the University of London .

plant

In 1975 his first major work, A Realist Theory of Science , appeared, in which he developed a general theory of science ("transcendental realism"). In The Possibility of Naturalism (1979) Bhaskar applied these considerations to the social sciences. Other influential works include Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation (1987) and his book on dialectics , Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom (1993).

In 1998 he edited the introductory anthology Critical Realism: Essential Readings with other representatives of Critical Realism .

Fonts

• A Realist Theory of Science. Verso, London 1997 [1975], ISBN 1-85984-103-1 .
• The Possibility of Naturalism. 3. Edition. Routledge, London 1998 [1979], ISBN 0-415-19874-7 .
• Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation. Verso 1987, London.
• Reclaiming Reality: A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy. Verso, London 1989, ISBN 0-86091-951-X .
• Philosophy and the Idea of ​​Freedom. Blackwell 1990, London.
• Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom. Verso, London 1993, ISBN 0-86091-583-2 .
• Plato, etc .: The Problems of Philosophy and Their Resolution. Verso, London 1994, ISBN 0-86091-649-9 .
• Reflections On Meta-Reality: A Philosophy for the Present. Sage, New Delhi 2002, ISBN 0-7619-9691-5 .
• together with Hartwig, Mervyn: The Formation of Critical Realism. A personal perspective. Routledge, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-415-45503-9 .

literature

• Margaret Archer (Ed.): Critical Realism: Essential Readings. Routledge, London 1998, ISBN 0-415-19632-9 .
• Andrew Collier: Critical Realism: An Introduction to Roy Bhaskar's Philosophy . Verso, London 1994, ISBN 0-86091-602-2 .

Web links

• Introduction to Critical Realism by Bhaskar (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna)
• Literature by and about Roy Bhaskar in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary for Roy Bhaskar in the Guardian (English)
2. ^ Philip S. Gorski: What is Critical Realism? And Why Should You Care? In: Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews . tape 42 , no. 5 , August 30, 2013, ISSN  0094-3061 , p. 658-670 , doi : 10.1177 / 0094306113499533 ( sagepub.com [accessed June 22, 2018]).
3. ↑ Interview with Roy Bhaskar ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
4. ^ Website of Roy Bhaskar at the Institute of Education, University of London